Watchman s time-recorder



2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

(N0 ModeL) E. J. COLBY.

WATGHMANS TIME RECORDER.

Patented June 16,1885.

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E. J. COLBY.

WATOHMANS TIME RECORDER. 1 No. 320,116. Patented June 16, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD J. COLBY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

WATCHMAN S TlME REOORDER.

ESPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,116, dated June 16, 1885.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. COLBY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in XVatchmens Time- Recorders, of which the following is a specification.

My improvement relates to watchmens recorders. Its object is a convenient reliable means for the ofiicer to record the time he was on duty at any particular place.

It consists of a revolving dial actuated by a time-piece, which dial carries a disk of slate or paper, and a pencil-carrying arm held above the paper in aposition to be turned and make a mark upon the disk, the whole being secured in a box under guard of a lock, the key of which is carried by the proprietor or superintendent.

It also consists in certain details of con struction and combination of parts, all of which will be fully understood by the following description of the accompanying drawings, in which 7 Figure l is a plan view of my improved devicc, the cover of the box being thrown back to expose the dial and recording device. Fi 2 is a transverse section of the same taken through line 00 x of Fig. 1. In this view the cover is closed down and locked. Fig. 3 is an inside elevation of a door having my re corder attached to it and the registeringarm connected to a lever secured upon the doorknob, so that the watchman by turning the knob from the outside may record the time or times he was present at the building. Fig. l

1 is a perspective view of the lever which is secured to the lock-spindle Fi 5 is a vertical section taken through line 9 y of Fig. 2 of a central portion of the box or case. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the case attached to the door or other portion of the building, the case being unlocked, showing the means of attachment.

The recording mechanism is inclosed with rangement is that the box cannot be detached or the time mechanism interfered with so long as the latch c of lock E is thrown in the position shown in Figs. 2 and 5. Secured to the cover B and base 0 are lugs d d, with which the hooks of latch c engage to lock the parts A, B, and 0 together. The latch c is controlled by a lock, E, which may he of any approved pattern. The time-piece F is one of the ordinary circular-case clocks, the revolving dial F being secured upon the hour-hand mandrel. The disk G,which is secured upon the dial, is preferably made of silicate or artificial slate, such as writing-tablets are composed of, so that when the marks are recorded they may be rubbed out.

Mounted within the case A and in standards it. is a shaft, H. This has projecting up from it an arm, I,which has jointed at its top another arm, I. Secured to the back of arm I is a spring, J, which passes around over the top of the arm, and its free end presses upon the top of the arm I, so as to give a yielding pressure when the arm is brought down and the pencil,which is secured in the pencil-carrier K, is pressed upon the dial G, making a mark. On the lowerside of the shaft H another arm, Z, projects, to which is attached one end of the spring L, the opposite end being attached to a standard, Z. The purpose of the spring L is to keep the pencil-carrier in position (shown in Fig. 2) until it is brought down by the key M, which is applied to the angular end of the shaft H through an opening in the side of the box A. \Vhen these boxes are placed in the different stories of a building to be visited by a watchman on the inside, he carries the key with him, which lits the end of the shaft in any number of boxes desired; but when a number of merchants or others desire to employ a street watchman, who shall remain in the neighborhood without having access to the building, the boxes containing the recording mechanism are secured either to the inside of the door or in any convenient position within the building, and the lever, Fig. 4-, is applied to the spindle of the door by simply removing the screw which holds the knob to the spindle and placing the curved end of the lever, Fig. 4-, around the neck of the knob and passing the screw through one of the screw-holes in the curved end of the lever N, and through the knob into the spindle, and then connecting the lever N and crank-arm of the key M by a wire, 0. Now it will be seen that when the door-knob is turned, the shaft H will be rocked, bringing the point of the pencil is down upon the dial, thus indicating the time the knob was turned by the watchman. The time-piece is wound up and set from the bottom, a circular opening being left in the case for that purpose. If it is desired to keep a record of the time recorded each night, a paper disk with the hours printed on it may be attached to the dial to be removed each morn ing and have the date stamped upon it.

It is evident that the pencil-carrying arm may be varied, and I do not desire to limit myself to the exact construction shown.

hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, substantially as specified, of the timepiece F, having the revolving dial, and a recording-pencil suspended above said dial and adapted to be brought in contact with the dial for thepurpose ofrccording when- 2 ever desired, with the case A B 0, look E, and hooked latch e, for the purpose of simultaneously locking the parts together by engaging the lugs d d.

2. The combination of a watchmans time- 0 register, secured as shown, and having an arm, M, to actuate the recording devices, with a lever, N, secured to the door-knob or other suitable actuating device, and a wire, as O, to connect the lever N and actuating-arm M, 35 substantially as specified.

3. The combination, in a watchmans timerecorder, of the case A B, time-piece F, and revolving dial F, with the recording devices, consisting of rock-shaft H, carrying the arms o I I, and pencil-carrier K.

EDXVARD J. COLBY.

iVitnesses:

GAsPER MILEs, GEO. J. llIURRAY. 

